With River City Wuzhen naturally formed a four-gate one city. Zigzag connecting East and West River Municipal River and the vehicle perpendicular to the intersection, that residential housing will be presented in detail along the river up and down the city, the river flows, pulled out of the stretch the three main roads outside the town. Although the East and West Street is not always in the same line, they also build out the middle of a small rectangular, four-pole outside the framework of an extension of the cross, "the four are all real, while the corner are imaginary." Each terminal has a street outside the town roads to connect the town of stone arch bridge has a hoist vessels of the Mucha doors in ancient times is said to be used to resist external attack, but also can be used to catch the thieves, and names called the "gate." Gate Bridge, where the name "gate first", the locals referred to as "gate", because of its different location where the town is named the "East Gate", "South Gate", "Xi Shan" and "North gate" while the three intersection of the Office of River City, a small rectangle is referred to as "in the city." In fact, in the city and four-gate, and there is no clear dividing line between, a 4, Five Foot wide, flat stone path a whole, although more than Wuzhen river, but deferred the numerous stone road bridge, consistent with the City and the four-gate, the streets on both sides of row upon row of old houses has even more closely linked the two. In the city, was called in the city, the reason lies in virtue of River City: rivers and lakes and rivers, between merchants, cargo carrying mainly by boat, hence the port there is the city Wuzhen four gate-commerce market is also a "city" , while the city but is located in the center of town a "city."
Among the small steamer that left the port city siren pierced the night sky, the entire Wuzhen is also immersed in the quiet before dawn, four have already started the first gate of the city, a busy day. Four township farmers marching moon, lug Tam, carrying baskets, and around in small groups down the gate bridge, used in the fork junction, or to find a place under the eaves, leisurely manner Xiexia Tam, then sit quietly on the stone stairs waiting for customers. In the river, as early as the day the boat arrived in the evening has also erected a springboard, you guys attend to enjoy the water sloshing of the crescent, hastily Crane ashore, from time to time issued by the rhythmic waves of the "Hang唷" sound. Gate head home I got sick street shops have gradually opened the door, through Mobil lights bright, high stool capped shop just unloaded plate, one side yawned while in temporary shelf the piling up of goods. Street renaissance men, rivers and lakes in the air is particularly fresh, especially the sweet, Bao Zaipu and plasma bursts of dumplings wafting scent store seems particularly attractive manner. Morning market rush to finish preparations for the markets suddenly bustling up, grocery shopping, and Mai Chai, and meat, and buy soap matches everywhere cries of chaos-smelling, small baskets of hawkers selling also sang the touching "Song": "Cigarettes Yang Huo osmanthus flowers, sugar ..." "Sunflowers for Spiced Dry Bean ..." Even the food stores that also applied the "site services" - that the hands held out the wooden lattice steamer, the packs is a hot soft cake (a kind of glutinous rice cake to do), there is meat, and it has sugar filling in; that bamboo plaque on their heads, the place is the yellow of the sesame seed cakes, fritters and hemp ball, Eurya in the folks in the hands of the wooden container of steaming basket inside the wonton and noodles ... ..., chaos, and from the shuttle, stuffed to the hustle and bustle and the busy morning market.
Gate head morning market comes and disappear just as quickly. But is the past hour, and the streets will be restored as early as the quiet time. The town bought the dish and drive people hurried home, but retain most of the tea house to evict the city of people: some one on a drilling head into the gate of the teahouse, and even the sale of all of the tea-table in the street transactions, while leisurely sipping tea, while leisurely to bargain down until the morning market, and his side of the basket where the number of Ki fruits and vegetables, accompanied him a little bit. Some are done only after the tea of the morning market, one sitting in most of the day, it seems that tea was his "work more than leisure." The head of each gate has a three, five tea, and everyone is "almost a full house," Wuzhen people know that tea is the only head that lingers on the town's morning market - from the first batch of passengers into the gate until the township lunch hours of spoken-word is always trouble Yingying, and has never been lonely days.
Most of the tea house is located in Wuzhen Shuige, the side near the river, side of the street, first there is a Naozhongqujing taste. Gate the size of the head of the tea house is not big, two, three facade, 2, 30 tea-table, the Senate, uneven poles arranged in two, three lines. A rectangular board table, accompanied by two long narrow bench and construct their own entertainment small world, a teapot, a Chazhong is "tea" and the only props. Acquaintances who did not know people, heart Feel free to sit down and talk with arbitrary. That Yichuang sitting, and mostly foreign businessmen, while drinking tea, while talking business, the river breeze, you can hear their intermittent business sense; while sitting in the front row is often on the point with the old patrons, fear is inconvenient to drain the ears after listening to opera story-telling; while among the center, the smooth-talking town must be a "well-informed sources", every day there are many "news" release, from the heaven and earth , down to the trivial, as large as the people's livelihood, small streets and marketplaces stories, each piece is put vivid, people do not believe in the letter have to. Township were called to take tea tea, but the real to the teahouse where people come to drink tea but is rare. Rivers and lakes are often referred to two "cozy", that one called the "bag water", another is called "water foreskin," which two straight lines to the bathroom one is that (the locals call it mixed Church) a bath, one is to go tea tea, tea is a kind of enjoyment can be seen. Is not Well, if we just talk about tea, much less at home and drink leisurely drink Qishuang, why do you run a ten-mile Bali, wore a wind, frost, rain and snow?
Yes yes a kind of tea to enjoy tea is a delight, because tea is a widely appealing of public entertainment. Gate head tea, while small, but it will not be left in front of the teahouse storytellers put a post-secondary seats - a square table, a bench, on condition that a bit primitive, but he was still dedicated. Gate head patrons mostly from four rural Bali (This tea also be the alias "Rural Village"), is not too difficult of patience to understand the content and overly complex plot, hand playing bamboo, the bamboo books whispered Yine while pulling erhu, while hip-hop's piano book, knocked a small gong also funny singing of the "small brain-fever bird," became the most popular candy sold in the form of none other than township proverb goes, to understand, such as word that the previous paragraph, sing a few words, from time to time to a little messing around, Bo, a laugh, the more we prove enjoyable. Sometimes, when you would ask for large tea book (comment it), but the contents are relatively simple and small program, speaking the lines of pairs of fairly thick (Wuzhen were referred to as "lao"), patrons to observe the reaction is not country artists such as improvisations is more active.
Relative to the gate of the village head Zhuang, China City Tea House (known as the Urban Village) will have to much style. Not to mention that the Urban Village is located in the downtown, visit Lu Ge, Samik House, Changchun House, a cave heavens, moon, House, Ian Van House, are all items now have a place, a little-known lies. A larger scale, grade also high, a bright and clean style, a style of spacious comfort and a small square table to replace the board table, and even sit on the world stage, storytelling benches are replaced with straight-backed chair in the middle of the table is also covered with the Hong Zhan blanket. In his capacity as more noble patrons; tea, step and therefore the separation of the varieties are numerous: Do you like tea with Keemun, Oolong, roses tea; like there are Lion Peak Dragon Well green tea, before rain, Ming the former, there Dongting Biluochun; in Wuzhen There is also a local specialty called Fenugreek Tea Tea: How many pieces of baked green beans, carrots handful of orange-red silk, open water will continue, the fragrance will soak into the depths emerge, people watering for a snatch, but with more taste more salty - this is one New Year's guests of the treasures Wuzhen, over the Lunar New Year only in the flower Lane in order to try to be. With the Heung Yee Zhuang different tea a day in the city to open three cities: Morning, afternoon and City, and the night market, if the morning market and business is also the number of spiritual relationship between the market a bit, afternoon, night two city purely for entertainment - to listen to书. Popular in Suzhou Jiangnan Water Pingtan, in particular, to be town's favor, while the Yuet-quan, Yan Xue Pavilion, Jiang Yunxian, Zhu Xueqin, and many other famous southern Pingtan early years, have all performed on stage in Wuzhen, it has not been too exquisite artistry is stunning . Whether it is opening, or is the book, Wu Nong-spoken, tactful and moving that amusement playing and singing fun, like the mountains Youquan refreshing. Although the artist is only the hands of a three-stringed lute, a lute, but the voice of agitation, such as string and wind music full steam ahead, magnanimous breeze like the moon, waves of rivers and lakes in which the charm is Nanshe memorable, while the singing voice of mellowed, with "Zhuyuanyurun" to describe seems simple and obvious a point, to apply for a Chinese poem: "the piece should only be the sky, earth and that was several times hear," it is not an exaggeration. Pingtan rap most of the story is well-known, but a processing by the artist becomes exceptionally delicate and moving, extraordinarily attractive. A "Tai-yu Night sighed," leads to full house for regret, for some, "Fang Qing, see Kou" Also people Gourmet Kitchen open. One artist said, "buildings with flowers," said seven days, walking the hero on the stairs 24 stairs before a half, suspense after another, Yee would like a pest to listen to customer's appetite for high lifted, and even the take a break from listening to the book is also leaning wall to each will, Qian Xin came in good faith, "Let's hear next time you analyze it." In Wuzhen This cultural heritage is very deep place, the stage story-telling is not an easy task indeed, the amount of ribs (to test the depth of apprenticeship) were with them. Catching white louse (Special trouble for people a) those who do not have the real ability at times be a little embarrassment. Have heard the commentary, then a minor celebrity artist said, "the ancient city would be" chopped Cai Yang Kuan Kung, the phrase "knife down the middle, brains Zhi Mao," it is quite a deep hum that the following natural, story-telling of knowing a slip of the mouth, quickly fill Taiwan, but also from left laughing stock. In recent years, along with radio, television households villages, towns and villages in the form of more recreational activities, slow-paced number has also been little impact on Pingtan. Moreover, the movie stars, singers, comedians large purple red today, there are several artists defensible hard, able to endure loneliness? Day pingtan artists are reflected in its thin, a teahouse storytellers will have no choice but beginning to see the decline among. Only the huge Wuzhen Wuzhen scenic area has also retained a storyteller of the teahouse, but is not singing Pingtan, only occasional show can be considered to have, and that characterization. Although critics would also storytelling, after all, just does not very worried about the string and wind sound lingering ancient Wuzhen also seems something was lacking.
But the tea is still booming, the present Wuzhen, there are still five to 60 tea, bits and pieces scattered in the city in the gate head. The teahouse has undergone thousands of rivers and lakes of the chaos and the rise and fall and the scenery remains the same, reason is that it lives in rivers and lakes has become an indispensable part of. Every morning, when the smoke curl rises ancient town as usual the day started again in the ancient tea ... ...
Author: sunmg
